Floor Sanding Poole

Poole Old Town, Parkstone, Branksome, Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Lilliput, Broadstone, Hamworthy, Upton, Creekmoor and Oakdale, plus Wimborne, Wareham and Corfe Mullen.

Yes. Poole Harbour keeps humidity high year-round and salt carried inland holds moisture against surfaces rather than letting it evaporate. Boards cup, gaps stay open and rigid finishes crack at the joints.

Usually a hard wax oil. It breathes with the timber, flexes as boards move and can be repaired in patches. For holiday lets on tight turnarounds a water-based lacquer is often more practical because it dries far faster.

Sometimes once, carefully, and sometimes not at all. Engineered boards have a thin wear layer over ply, and taking too much off ruins them. We check what you have before touching it — common in the newer Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs property.

A solid board typically has five or six full sands in its whole life, and Old Town floors have usually had one or two already across two centuries. We measure remaining thickness before committing and will recommend a recoat if it has had its last.

Yes. Original boards are usually part of what the listing protects, so we take a minimum-intervention approach and can put our method in writing for the conservation officer where consent is needed.

Not until they have dried and flattened. Sanding a wet cupped floor leaves every board thin down the middle once it settles, and that cannot be reversed. We take moisture readings before quoting.

Yes. Water-based lacquers take foot traffic within a day, so tell us your changeover windows and we will phase the job around them.

It depends on size, condition, timber and finish. Listed and Georgian work often takes longer because of the lighter approach required. We give a fixed written price after surveying.

On every job as standard and at no extra charge. Sealed extraction captures the dust at the machine so you can stay in the property while we work.